Town of Washington
Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 18, 2026
Town of Washington is a jurisdiction in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, which does not currently list an online permit database — contact the department directly by phone or email. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Contact
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Town of Washington (Eau Claire Co.) Forms & Permits page (opens in a new tab)
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Fred Dahlke, County Building InspectorEau Claire County Planning & Development
Eau Claire County Courthouse, 3rd Floor
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
EAU CLAIRE COUNTY entry, independently verified via the town's own official site (townofwashington.wi.gov), which explicitly states 'All building permits are obtained through Eau Claire County Planning & Development office' (Eau Claire County Courthouse, 3rd Floor, 715-839-4741); named County Building Inspector is Fred Dahlke (715-839-2944). WI DSPS delegated-authority PDF lists this town (DOA 18024) with status 'Opt-Out' and names Town Clerk Janelle Henning (715-834-3257, henning@townofwashington.org) as the municipal contact — she handles town administrative business, not building permits directly, per the town's own site. No general department email (as opposed to individual staff emails) was found for the County Planning & Development office — recorded as null rather than guessed. Cross-checked against the other four Towns of Washington in this batch: phone, email, and domain are all distinct from Door, Green, La Crosse, and Rusk counties — confirmed independently, not a coincidental overlap.
What You Need Before Applying for a Permit
Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Town of Washington's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.
Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.
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